{ikea hangover}

i cannot believe how many ikea pieces we've put together in such a small period of time and how much smaller our already tiny apartment looks now that it's filling up. :( but what can i expect with only a one bedroom apartment, right? so for my husband, he purchased a table top in white with these cool new legs in white that wheel... and an alex drawer. for our wardrobe we purchased a huge pax with these glass doors and white sides/interior. for the entertainment center, we picked up the besta burs and I LOVE IT it is just like a high end designer piece for a fraction of the price and it is extremely well made. our white samsung tv looks great on it. :) we also purchased the kalstad sofa in white and put that together as well. our friends stopped by but they only put together the glass doors to the pax before they needed to leave for an appointment so thorsten and i did everything ourselves between yesterday and today. we also had errands to run and my lovely mother in law made us homemade dinner each day and some nice afternoon coffee and cake to keep us going. :) she is so cute... i'm REALLY happy with our ikea purchases, i only wish the pax wasn't so huge and that my husband would have negotiated on a smaller one (i really wanted a vintage wood french closet in white) but i had to compromise and i'm a little upset about it but i think in the end the bedroom will look fine. truth is, i love my husband more than i love anything material so his feelings and needs are always going to take first place with me. he has been so kind to allow me so much freedom with the entire apartment decor and furniture,certainly i can compromise on a closet for him. i think i will see little wood pegs dancing in my dreams tonight, or perhaps they will be swing dancing with wood screws? i don't think i ever want to see tools again after that pax. my god. what a puzzle that was. funny though, i loved putting everything together but i'm eager now to find more things for the house and keep going on this project so that i can sit on my sofa at night and relax without thoughts of 'what i need to do next' filling my head! i will take a few photos tomorrow of the 'during' so you can see where we're at now with living room and bedroom. oh... we also put up the bedroom curtains so i can show you what those look like too. :) ----ox---- holly